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Must-have reissue

We owe Wowee Zowee a great debt of thanks for rescuing us from the excesses of Britpop. While the rest of Blur were larking about in a very big house in the country, Graham Coxon was listening to Wowee Zowee and imagining a very different type of Blur album. So anyone who’s heard the self-titled Blur album (the one with Song 2 on it) will know what to expect from Wowee Zowee: hugely eclectic guitar rock, with virtually every track pointing in an entirely different direction. Wowee Zowee’s refusal to focus was exciting enough in its original 18-track form, but here — bulked up to 50 tracks with non-album singles, live performances and radio sessions — the musical scope of the band is both exhilarating and occasionally bewildering. M